I pay for apple music, but all the linux clients seem to just be webapps which support 256AAC at most. Any way to maybe automatically download my library as flac and keep it locally (legal or not idc)

cant move services as every other service sucks (yes i have tried them all (tidal, spotify, qobuzz, deezer)

thank you all

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The easiest way to get lossless music is to buy a CD and rip it. Of course you can always sail the high seas too. 🏴‍☠️

    • kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 months ago

      This is the only true answer here. Answers like Bandcamp (which hardly has a repository big enough) or switching to Tidal aren’t practical. OP paid for his music, and deserves access to it.

      I have Amazon Prime as part of Prime Unlimited but holy Christ, have I never gotten their web app to stream in Linux. As long as greediness on part of these lousy corporations live on, piracy would remain the only true option.

  • baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
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    4 months ago

    bandcamp is great! you can just pay and download music in whatever format (flac, wav, mp3), no questions asked.

    They don’t have the Taylor Swifts of the world, but most indy bands and artists are on there, which is good enough for me.

    For classical music, there is presto music, but their download experience is not as straight forward as bandcamp IMO.

    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
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      4 months ago

      Also, yesterday was Bandcamp Friday (they forgoe their cut and everything goes to the artist). The next two are Oct 4th and Dec 6th.

      • baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
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        4 months ago

        Then if you care about the artists being compensated fairly, you can CD+rip; if not, streamrip/torrent will produce a lot less waste and much more convenient.

        TBH most big names are millionaires anyway, I probably would care much more about my convenience than them getting paid 5 bucks for all my troubles.

        • strawberry@kbin.earthOP
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          4 months ago

          I support the artists I love by seeing them love and buying their merch, pays them far more than a few streams would anyways

  • thejevans@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    I know you said you don’t want to switch, but I was in a similar situation, switched to Qobuz, installed qobuz-dl and navidrome, and now Qobuz is just an input for my self-hosted streaming service.